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Publication in Physics of Fluids

The Physics of Fluids journal selected as Featured publication our latest results in the BuBble Gun project: Cavitation-induced microjets tuned by channels with alternating wettability patterns. This work is the result of the visit of prof. Andrew Dickerson from the University of Tennessee last year in January. In this collaboration, we investigated the microjet generated from channels […]

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Impacting paper advancing knowledge on needle free jet injections

Diana’s first publication as first author is out! The title is “Microfluidic jet impact: spreading, splashing, soft substrate deformation and injection” and can be found at the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. This is part of the Bubble-Gun project, a system we are developing for needle-free injections. We present distinct impact behaviours based on […]

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Squeezing droplets and shooting jets at them to inject

From the series of squeezing and playing with droplets, and building on the work that we did on microfluidic jets impacting on droplets, Miguel and I decided to confine droplets between two glass walls. This allowed us to visualise and make a deep analaysis of the generated cavity when the injection is made. Furthermore, we could […]

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Winners of Magic 50 Awards Dutch Innovation Days 2022

Winners! My team won as FlowBeams, the Magic 50 Award, granted by the Dutch Innovation Days, 2022. The night of the competition, a small group from our Team received and celebrated the prize. It was a great honour to compete with such great innovations (here). Euronitrile , CLEVER°FRANKE, Flux Robotics, The Great Bubble Barrier® , Phycom, Stratech , EC Sens, Moovd, DEMCON, OneThird , Moneybird, Baseflow, Rival Foods, Innovadis BV, Flow […]

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Injecting without needles: more efficient and less pain

Prikken zonder naald: zuiniger en minder pijnlijk Injecting without needles can be done more efficiently and causing less pain. The very prestigious news magazine NRC (Dutch) gave a great recount of what our efforts are aimed at and its reach. The article mentions our plans to collaborate with Anna Roukens, from LUMC.

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Publication in Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy

How to decide which product or technology is more green than others? Assessing the sustainability level of processes and reactions is still challenging. But, our recent publication can assist those working in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Pharmacy and Process Engineering. On an intensification factor for green chemistry and engineering: The value of an operationally simple decision-making tool […]

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My last day as Engineer of 2021

My last day as Engineer of 2021 felt very special. After receiving the Prins Friso Award from the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers KIVI I had the amazing opportunity to analyze what it means to be Engineer today, and what the future generations of problem-solvers will need for their education. Empathic Engineering Yesterday, I shared […]

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Highlighted work as Early Career Researcher in Chemical Engineering

Our work has been included in “Highlighting Early Career Researchers in Chemical Engineering”.  Daria Camilla Boffito and I wrote about how ‘Process intensification connects scales and disciplines towards sustainability‘ in The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering’s. A collaboration between Universiteit Twente and Polytechnique Montréal, it will be part of a virtual issue that is free-to-read […]

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The importance of Empathy for Engineers

My first assay in Dutch was published first at the KIVI website, and later appeared in print (shorter version) in the magazine De Ingenieur. It deals with my meditations over the last couple of years, and will continue to be a central topic in my activities around nurturing Empathy in the Science, Technology, Engineering and […]